The History of Hadoop and the incredible evolution of big data (Data Ep 2)

The History of Hadoop and the incredible evolution of big data (Data Ep 2)

In the second part of our series on data we talk about the origins of Hadoop, the technology that formed the very foundation of what we know as “big data”. The emergence of Hadoop represents perhaps the single most important development in our lifetimes for storing, processing, and retrieving big data. And not only is this technology behind just about everything you touch on the web, it’s now even being used in the medical field to save lives.